Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-03
FUTURE PUNISHMENT,
An Eloquent Serlaca ;ic.!rc-c.. J.. IL.
Christian Chufr'; - Eg.
Mr.. Gilbert.
Only Two saurcsz of Information s7on.
c'fhI'g COO, the Blb,. and the Book
CT NetuYc-Tho Future Life,

a .arge 6nG GppreCistive CONGREGATION
assembled At the C51ls:ian chucb, corner
q Sixth an Tarockmorton streets, last
Eight TO listen 10 tee sermon delivered by
Re7. Gilbert Of Illinois, who is holding
services there. The recent rains nave
somewhat Interrupted these services,
Int the pTeGen: coed weather
Will doubtless rake them Ct general in
tercs. end t5e1 VIII be largely attended.
No one can listen 70 T. Y. Gilbert wItbOu.
being Instructed and entertained. His
sermon last n!:lt was Oh the suojeCt Ct
future pu1ishments eGG very ably AID
elOqUenCly did he handle it. God being
cur Cro@-Or, preseIver and 5cn1faCtor,
he had the right to prescribe laws Tor
our government and demand from Us
compliance and obedience. II We accept
the teachings Ct the scriptures a. 81, we
must Believe that they meant vixen speak
iog Of future punishment Just what they
say; nothing more, nothing less. The
speaker here quoted 8 number Ct se.cC-
ticns from The Scripture, showing inst 8
future punishment wa5 IS certain as O
future reward. IRE plea OF those who,
bsIeViLg CT affecting TO believe the Ser
mon Oh tL3 Mount, taat tie Scriptures
meant something different fccm what
taey sale when referring 70 fu-
ltuta punishment was MICROSCOPE
bic and Un'egebIe. Thee w.0
clam that God is too good TO iuh.c. puc-
lshmtpt on errInC m0rtals have no war
rant f2T tneir belief in the scriptures.
How do directors NOV hit God IS o
good1 How do they know anything ABOUT
G2dfTaere are two and only two sources
OF information from which can be learned
anything about Coo; one Of these
Is tee Bible, the other tie
Book Il Nature. Taking
the Bible IS . guide can any one ssy that
God is too good to irhlct purishmen: en-
tlose gully OF tralGgressing His laws:
Il so, what does tie history CT Adam and
Eve mean, wh1 were driven from the
Garden q Eden for eating the FORBIDDEN
fruit: What means the food, when t1e
| earth was submerged and the bodies Il
! those drowned hOstod upon the
/ suffice OF the water mute Wit
nesses of G0d's dlaples sure? Vast
means the descent from heaven
( o! flames destroying The cities in the val
OF the Red Sea? What mean the
pls9ues Of Egypv which killed the frs.
I born Of king snd peasant? What meSLs
| tde destruction of the CGDaauites: Wl&t
means David. that man after Gods Own
! hGsrt, ErGYelI.Eg il the dust, sid wearing
| ssCh cloth and ashes II mourn NJ for his
/ first born: VIVA. means the fate
| Of Annanias end his wife for
violating Gods ordinances: Surely the
/ scriptures do not Justify any one in tie
! the belief thet GOD is too good to irhict
punishment upon those who transgress
His LAVE. The laws OF nature are the
laws CT God, say all; JET, when the laws
CT nature are violated, punishment sure
snd swift fellows. Tha laws of nature,
whether violated wiifulIy CT accidentally,
. demand . punishment with an in
eXGra5I3 certainty. Fire burns,
water browns, plague decimatea, and
violentg8 cOncussiOn kills, whether il
is Intentional or accidental, These gre
the laws OF nature, and even atheists
claim TO look up through nature az
pssure's God. If God visits punishment
sfon those who violate the laws Of nature,
why should he not also inhiCt penalty
on those who violate his commandments:
1t is perfectly consistent end reasonable
that he should. The claim that conscience
is the executor that InfjCts
Judgment and suffering upon
the sinful was denied, ant
the speaker claimed that if conscience
visited punishment on the sinful in this
life, the greater the crime the greater
should be the punishment, but common
experience showed US that the man who
was guilty Of the most wrong suffered
the least remorse Of conscience
while many who ere deep dyeC
in crime and wrong doing g
-ton through life untroubled snC
unpublished. The reverend gentleman ha:
rich, liquid voice and excellent delivery
His sermon was listened to attentively
throughout and made deep impression
lie viii preach again tonight, and thos'
desiring treat should hear him.